Hyderabad man Sajid Akram identified
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One of the men allegedly involved in Sunday's terrorist attack at the famous Bondi Beach in Australia has been tentatively identified by investigators as Naveed Akram.
Australian police said one shooter died and the other suffered "critical injuries" after they opened fire on a Hanukkah celebration.
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Nagarjun Dwarakanath reports: Hyderabad link to Sydney shooter Sajid Akram; IT raids Shilpa Shetty's Bastion Pub
On this episode of South, India Today's Nagarjun Dwarakanath tracks the Hyderabad connection to the Sydney Bondi Beach shooting. The Telangana Police have confirmed that the attacker, Sajid Akram, hailed from Tolichowki.
Sajid Akram, originally from Hyderabad, India, was a suspect in a mass shooting at Bondi Beach, Australia. He migrated to Australia in 1998 and was radicalized with his son, Naveed. The investigation examines their ties to jihadist networks and their travel to the Philippines for military training.
Sajid Akram was shot dead at the scene, while Naveed was arrested and remains under police guard in hospital with serious injuries.
Sydney residents have laid flowers and lit candles in a massive outpouring of support as the community mourns people who were massacred by two gunmen in a terror attack Sunday targeting the Jewish community celebrating the first night of Hannukah at Sydney’s famed Bondi Beach.